WizardChess News

Welcome to WizardChess 0.9.2! This patch introduces Arcade Mode, a streamlined mode combining content from all challenges. This is currently a prototype but it seems promising, I share some detail in the latest devlog:

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NEW Arcade Mode
↳ 15-minute streamlined gamemode with no story. Just hit play.
↳ Difficulty increases up to the 15 minute mark at which point you face a boss.
↳ Start with random units, cycle through random biomes. NEW Shop Donations
↳ Only in Arcade Mode, for now, you can tip Cloaky and get cool perks in return. NEW Scurry has idle animation

CHANGE Reprice all items in the shop
CHANGE Knave only leaves a Decoy when it would actually be attacked
CHANGE Fishtank and Abralest can move on Quicksand

FIXED Devotion could assign incorrect trait
FIXED Reset combat encount tracker between runs
FIXED Out of bounds spawn in Hss fight
FIXED Yeti should wait until finished burrowing to attack
FIXED 'NullReferenceException' for Damage numbers
FIXED Bombs were all only doing 1 DMG


Thanks for your continued support and feedback.
Ben & Ricky (TwoPM Studios)

We're finally ready to allow everyone access to the highest difficulty levels of the game. I expect everyone will break it immediately, so we'll be on standby for bug fixing duty. This content is, of course, not 100% complete and we are keen to hear your feedback on the changes. I cover the changes to Cursed Deals and preview a little bit of the boss fight in our latest devlog:

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We've received a lot of support and feedback on YouTube recently and I've been feeling extremely grateful to everyone who's followed the development of the game - in whatever capacity - but especially to everyone who's supported us in Early Access. The full release is on the horizon and we're proud of the long winding path it took to get here.

Here's the changelog:

Welcome to WizardChess 0.9.0! This patch allows access to Arabella at Rank A and B (assuming you've beaten her on Rank C)

NEW Redesigned Fae Queen boss fight on all ranks
NEW Yeti as playable unit
↳ Defeating Cormag on Rank A will unlock the Yeti as a friendly unit. NEW Enemy: Departed
NEW Enemy: Scurry

CHANGE Redesign Cursed Deals
↳ Cursed Deals are much simpler now, you can reroll any unit with the risk of them turning into a Chicken permanently CHANGE Expand Fae Biome enemy lineup
↳ Enemies from other biomes can appear in the Fae Biome

FIXED Massively improve stat block UI rendering performance
FIXED Toggling game menu in combat
FIXED NullReferenceException from damage numbers
FIXED Units occasionally spawning into the same space at the same time
FIXED Units share names with one another, including generation counter
FIXED Shop button tooltip text

Thanks for your continued support and feedback.
Ben & Ricky (TwoPM Studios)

Welcome to WizardChess 0.8.8! We reworked traits and elements to tie them together, units will earn traits based on their devotion towards an element.

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NEW Elemental Traits
↳ Units can be imbued with an element repeatedly to increase their devotion, earning them elemental traits NEW Redesigned Menu
↳ Quests, options, codex and more can all be found in the same menu
↳ Please report any bugs, this was a big rework NEW Enemy: Frostopus
NEW Enemy: Boomeranger
NEW Enemy: Yeti
NEW Unlock Yeti as playable unit by beating Cormag A
NEW AI Upgrade: Activity Heatmap
↳ Maintain activity heatmap in combat to improve decision making

CHANGE Shops sell imbue upgrades, not traits
CHANGE Classic traits have been removed from the reward pool, replaced by imbue upgrades
↳ We intend to expand this further CHANGE Enemies will now draw from classic traits
CHANGE Juggler implementation to match Codex
CHANGE Improve resiliency and debugging for save data
CHANGE Rebalance Arbalest
CHANGE Cormag A, B and C
↳ Updated visuals, new enemies, dialogue tweaks CHANGE Hunter behaviour to match Codex

FIXED Spawning units could sometimes result in duplicate IDs being assigned, causing a crash
FIXED Knave could spawn a decoy on top of another unit
FIXED Clabeg avatar in dialogue
FIXED Inspecting Cloaky in the shop triggered a crash
FIXED Uncountable glitches

Thanks for your continued support and feedback.
Ben & Ricky (TwoPM Studios)

[h2]3 YEARS[/h2]
A little over 3 years ago, I announced publicly that 2 Left Thumbs would be entering the indie game scene as a publisher, helping to bring Dead Estate to Steam! Never could I have guess what a smash hit that game would be.

Using that as a proper jumping off point, I worked hard to find promising new indies in need of some extra support. And as of today, there are 8 released titles in that catalog, with many more to come! It's my greatest privilege to be able to herald these great developers and their games, and to help them reach new audiences.



[h2]PUBLISHER SALE[/h2]
To celebrate this amazing milestone, the entire 2 Left Thumbs catalog is discounted! Several games are running their deepest ever discounts, while Picayune Dreams is running it's first ever sale!

If you want to REALLY show your support, the Micro-Publisher Mega-Supporter Bundle offers ALL these games together with an additional 25% off!!

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[h2]BUNDLES[/h2]
If everything together is a bit much, I understand. There are a variety of bundles being run during this sale, designed to group together games I predict will have overlapping audiences.

Every bundle is a "Complete the bundle" style, meaning even if you own 1+ of the games, you can still buy the bundle for an additional discount without re-purchasing the game(s) you already own!!

[h3]Shades of Purple Action Bundle[/h3]
Dead Estate + Magenta Horizon

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/32852/Shades_of_Purple_Action_Bundle/

[h3]Interplanetary Action Roguelike Variety Pack[/h3]
Paper Planet + Picayune Dreams + Schism

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/37136/Interplanetary_Action_Roguelike_Variety_Pack/

[h3]We Like Roguelikes[/h3]
Dead Estate + WizardChess + Paper Planet + Picayune Dreams + Schism

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/34319/We_Like_Roguelikes/

We were a little behind on getting the devlog video ready for this last patch, but it's ready now! We'll talk through the major changes, the design thinking and what comes next.

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